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Previously published through Villipede Publications, Inkblots and Blood Spots, a collection of stories and poems by Michael Bailey, is now available from Written Backwards in trade paperback for only $12.95 (new 8×5″ format), and in eBook for only $4.95 The book is illustrated throughout by Daniele Serra, and features an introduction by Douglas E. Winter.

Stories include the Bram Stoker Award-nominated “Fireman / Primal Tongue,” which also received an Honorable Mention for Year’s Best Horror; “Dandelion Clocks,” a haunting, melodic tribute novelette to the tragedy of 9/11; “I Wanted Black,” where a young boy’s birthday is anything but cause to celebrate; “Mum,” a tale of two sisters unfolding like the bandages on their mother’s badly burned body.

Take a surreal stroll through a carnival in “Underwater Ferris Wheel,” where the biggest attraction may be your last ride; witness a pregnant woman’s harrowing encounter with soul-stealing faerie in “Not the Child”; and find out why it gets cold in a little girl’s room at night when she sees “A Light in the Closet.”

Praise for Inkblots and Blood Spots

“A writer willing to bypass all the familiar territories and stake out a new narrative landscape all his own. With this collection of dynamic stories and poems, he will show you as well.” – Thomas F. Monteleone

“A smart collection of stories that evoke real fear, because they’re grounded in emotional truth. Michael Bailey has that rare ability to terrify readers and break their hearts—often in the same paragraph.” – Norman Prentiss, author of Invisible Fences

“A dazzling assortment of stories and poems. They bleed into our souls like knives and leave us breathless.” – John R. Little, author of DarkNet and Miranda

“Artfully executed. A unique and powerful contribution to speculative literature.” – Tim Deal, Shroud Quarterly

“A cornucopia of dark, diverse treasures. Michael Bailey delivers the kind of startlingly original, beautifully imagined, and deeply affecting stories that linger long in the mind, and even longer in the psyche.” – B.E. Scully, author of Verland: The Transformation

“Both haunting and poignant. Filled with love and loss, the weight of these resolutions echoes out into the darkness with a heartbreaking permanence.” – Richard Thomas, author of Disintegration

“Michael Bailey continues to amaze. He is on track to becoming his generation’s Ray Bradbury.” – F. Paul Wilson